Archive: Events
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Commonsense Anticommunism: Labor and Civil Liberties between the World Wars
KI research director Jennifer Luff discussed her new book Commonsense Anticommunism: Labor and Civil Liberties between the World Wars.
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KI Hosts Discussion with Labor Leaders from Bangladesh
On September 20, 2012, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a discussion with Kalpona Akter and Babul Akhter, leaders of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity. The event was co-sponsored by the Workers Rights Consortium and the International Labor Rights Forum.
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These Jobs Are Killing Us: The Murder of Aminul Islam and the Growing Labor Rights Crisis in Bangladesh
Kalpona Akter and Babul Akhter, leaders of the Bangladesh Center for Solidarity, discussed the murder of labor leader and union organizer Aminul Islam and the struggles of labor rights advocates in a country where garment workers earn less than $40 per month and face deadly health and safety risks making clothes for American retailers.
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Caring for America: A Dialogue on Justice, Dignity, and Health Care Policy
Acclaimed scholars Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein examined the issue of health care in America by focusing on the neglected history of workers who provide that care.
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Labor Lab Series
In the 2011-2012 academic year, the Kalmanovitz Initiative’s Labor Lab series brought scholars, writers, activists, and artists to campus for eight events with a combined audience of over 1,000 interested faculty, students, and community members attending.
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Caring for America: A Dialogue on Justice, Dignity, and Health Care Policy
The future of health care looms large in American politics this election season. In their new book, Caring for America, acclaimed scholars Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein examine this issue with acute clarity by focusing on the neglected history of workers who provide that care. They argue that care is a basic right for all and that care workers deserve a living wage. Hear them discuss their new book Caring for America with a leading labor lawyer and a scholar of women’s labor.
Category: Events
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KI Receives "I'll Be There" Award from DC Jobs with Justice
On Thursday, June 21, the Kalmanovitz Initiative was honored receive an “I’ll Be There” award from DC Jobs with Justice. The award is in recognition of the KI Day Laborer Exchange program. We are proud to offer this exchange in partnership with DC Jobs with Justice, and we look forward to continuing it in the coming years.
Categories: Day Laborer Exchange, Events
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KI Hosts Last Labor Lab of 2011-2012
On Monday, April 30, the Kalmanovitz Initiative sponsored the final event of its 2011-2012 “Labor Lab” series. Titled “99% Spring: Whose Streets? Labor, Civil Disobedience and Social Change,” the discussion featured Stephen Lerner, a leading organizer and one of the planners of the 99% Spring, and Michael Kazin, Georgetown professor of history and an expert in 20th Century social movements.
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99% Spring: Whose Streets? Labor, Civil Disobedience and Social Change
Stephen Lerner, one of the leading organizers of the 99% Spring, shared his thoughts on the movement, in conversation with Michael Kazin, Georgetown Professor of History and co-editor of Dissent.
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The Michael Jurist (SFS '07) Memorial Lecture Featuring Cornel West and Tavis Smiley
The Kalmanovitz Initiative co-sponsored the GU Lecture Fund’s Michael Jurist (SFS ’07) Memorial Lecture by Dr. Cornel West and Tavis Smiley.
Category: Events